Topic: Food and Drug Administration

Taste the Rainbow: Cigarette Makers' Colorful Answer to FDA Packaging Regs

Are the latest batch of cigarette pack redesigns meant to boost sales or skirt FDA regulations?READ»

Corventis's PiiX Monitor Promises to Predict Heart Failure

It may look like a Band-Aid, but Corventis's PiiX monitor promises to predict heart failure.READ»

• Blowing Hot and Cold

The FDA Bans Flavored Tobacco. Will E-Cigarettes Fill the Void?

In one of their first moves since gaining control over the tobacco industry, the FDA has banned the sale of flavored cigarettes. The ban went into effect yesterday after the agency announced that any company selling cigarettes ...READ»

Product Liability Law - Propulsid

Propulsid was supposedly designed to solve acid reflux; instead its side effects caused fatal heart rhythm abnormalities.READ»

Stainless Steel Bottles Are the Freshest

There is a way to keep your drinking water fresh and pureREAD»

Pain-Free Day for Big Pharma

An FDA advisory panel today recommended that recently controversial drugs Celebrex, Vioxx, and Bextra remain on the market, albeit with some restrictions. The panel acknowledged that the drugs can cause heart attacks and strokes, but ...READ»

Deadly Botox - More Than Just a Cosmetic Boost

It's a stunning and frightening fact that Botox use for cosmetic surgery may result in serious consequences, including death. READ»

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Million-Dollar Question: Who Owns Your Genetic Data?

The possible benefits of body computing--the use of implanted, digested, or wearable devices that transmit health data--are almost as numerous as the number of tech gizmos the concept has spawned. There's Nike Plus and next-gen ...READ»

Biotechs Look Overseas to Launch a Stem-Cell Revolution

According to one small biotech, the best way to launch a stem-cell revolution is to do it overseas.READ»

• The Price of Approval

Fantastic Voyage

Cyberonics' medical implant is the size of a chocolate-chip cookie, and it could--could--be worth $2.8 billion someday. But as this dramatic tale of innovation and entrepreneurship shows, saving lives can be one tough business.READ»

The Real Story Behind Bisphenol A

How a handful of consultants used Big Tobacco's tactics to sow doubt about science and hold off regulation of BPA, a chemical in hundreds of products that could be harming an entire generation.READ»

• Manufacturing Doubt in Product Defense
• How to Pass the BPA Test
• Infographic: The BPA in You

Biotechs Wage War on Superbugs

With antibiotic resistance on the rise, three biotechs are developing new ways to wage war on superbugs.READ»

A Healthy Dose of Knowledge

According to Dennis Gillings to develop drugs fast, you must develop information faster.READ»

Can Switchgrass Replace Coal at Power Plants?

Solar and wind power have made impressive strides recently, but coal plants show no signs of disappearing. That could be a problem for power companies, especially once the EPA's proposed greenhouse gas regulations go into effect. ...READ»

Big Pharma or The Drug Dealer - Pick Your Poison

It was 1986, I remember it well: Nancy Reagan was standing at a podium in front of the White House wearing a white suit.  Within camera shot was as many poor, inner-city, underprivileged kids as they could fit on a bus. They were ...READ»

Going The Extra Calorie

Great story in today's New York Times about Hannaford Brothers, a New England-based grocery chain, doing their own nutritional ratings for more than 27,000 grocery items, giving them a straightforward zero to three-star rating based ...READ»

Manufacturing Doubt in Product Defense

What is the product-defense industry? How does it work, and who's behind it? We asked David Michaels, author of the exposé Doubt Is Their Product.READ»

• The Real Story Behind BPA
• How to Pass the BPA Test
• Infographic: The BPA in You

NJ LASIK Surgeon’s Research on Monovision Leads to FDA Approval

Groundbreaking research on Monovision by NJ LASIK Pioneer Daniel B.Goldberg MD helped set the stage for FDA approval. Dr. Goldberg’s LASIK practice is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey.READ»

Can Protein Sciences Produce a Swine Flu Vaccine in Time? Update: Likely No

As the start of a new school year begins, concerns over H1N1--aka swine flu--are growing. Everyone's waiting to hear when a vaccine will be available, and earlier this summer, the CDC predicted that 120 million doses ... READ»

Ryanair Allows E-Cigs, But Americans Can Smoke on Flights, Too

Irish bargain airline Ryanair announced yesterday they would begin selling smokeless electronic cigarettes on their flights. The gimmick may bring in a few extra nicotine-happy customers in Europe, but Ryanair doesn't fly to the ...READ»

Oxo Redesigns the Common Syringe

The new design helps those with rheumatoid arthritis with the tricky task of self-administered injections.READ»

Labs on a Chip

Innovation: Portable biosensor Available: 2008 Soon, mothers will routinely test their children at home for the flu. Doctors will screen patients for cancer and begin discussing treatment based on the immediate results. Farmers ...READ»

The Trials of ImClone

A founder in handcuffs, financials in disarray, and a vital product in doubt-for CEO Daniel Lynch, it was the turnaround from hell.READ»

A Slow, Patient Pace

Report From The Past.READ»